U.S. intelligence agencies have found no evidence supporting the claim that the virus originated in the lab. According to an April 30 press release from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the U.S. intelligence community “concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified.” The intelligence community added that they “will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan.”
NIH informed the study’s sponsor, EcoHealth Alliance, on April 24, 2020 that all future funding was cut. “At this time, NIH does not believe that the current project outcomes align with the program goals and agency priorities,” wrote Michael Lauer, Deputy Director for extramural research at NIH, in a letter to EcoHealth Alliance officials.
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